Support requesting a specific IP address

[synergiator]

Problem

(an existing problem, analysis by Opus 4.6R )

The cloudstack_ipaddress resource always lets CloudStack auto-select the
next free IP. There is no way to request a particular address.

This blocks a common enterprise pattern: an operator dedicates an intranet
VLAN/IP range to an account (via cloudstack_vlan_ip_range with account +
domain_id), then the tenant must acquire a specific IP from that range
into a VPC — for example because firewall rules, DNS records, or routing
tables on the corporate side are pre-provisioned for that exact address.

The CloudStack API (associateIpAddress) already accepts an optional
ipaddress parameter, and the Go SDK (cloudstack-go/v2) already exposes
AssociateIpAddressParams.SetIpaddress(string). The Terraform provider
simply never calls it.

Analysis

Layer	Status
CloudStack API (associateIpAddress)	ipaddress parameter supported
Go SDK v2.18.1 (AssociateIpAddressParams)	SetIpaddress(string) exists
Terraform provider cloudstack_ipaddress	ip_address is Computed-only — never sent to the API

The fix is small and self-contained:

1. Change the ip_address schema field from Computed-only to
   Optional + Computed + ForceNew.
2. In the Create function, if the user supplied ip_address, call
   p.SetIpaddress(...) before the API call.
3. No changes to Read/Delete — ip_address is already read back from the
   API response.

What happens if not implemented

• Users who need a deterministic IP in a VPC (intranet routing, pre-provisioned
  firewall/DNS) must fall back to a local-exec provisioner or an external
  script calling cmk / raw HTTP after terraform apply.
• The IP is created outside Terraform state, so it cannot be referenced by
  other resources, is invisible to terraform plan, and will not be destroyed
  on terraform destroy.
• Drift detection is impossible: Terraform shows a Computed ip_address that
  may differ from the one the post-script allocated.

Files to touch

cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_ipaddress.go   (schema + create function)
cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_ipaddress_test.go  (acceptance test for specific IP)
website/docs/r/ipaddress.html.markdown         (document the new field)

Code diffs

cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_ipaddress.go

1. Schema — make ip_address optional + force-new

                        "ip_address": {
-                               Type:     schema.TypeString,
-                               Computed: true,
+                               Type:     schema.TypeString,
+                               Optional: true,
+                               Computed: true,
+                               ForceNew: true,
                        },

Full context (lines 70-73):

// BEFORE
                        "ip_address": {
                                Type:     schema.TypeString,
                                Computed: true,
                        },

// AFTER
                        "ip_address": {
                                Type:     schema.TypeString,
                                Optional: true,
                                Computed: true,
                                ForceNew: true,
                        },

2. Create function — pass the requested IP to the API

Insert after the p.SetVpcid block (line 110) and before the zone block
(line 112):

        if vpcid, ok := d.GetOk("vpc_id"); ok {
                // Set the vpcid
                p.SetVpcid(vpcid.(string))
        }
 
+       if ipaddress, ok := d.GetOk("ip_address"); ok {
+               p.SetIpaddress(ipaddress.(string))
+       }
+
        if zone, ok := d.GetOk("zone"); ok {

Full context (lines 107-121):

// BEFORE
        if vpcid, ok := d.GetOk("vpc_id"); ok {
                // Set the vpcid
                p.SetVpcid(vpcid.(string))
        }

        if zone, ok := d.GetOk("zone"); ok {

// AFTER
        if vpcid, ok := d.GetOk("vpc_id"); ok {
                // Set the vpcid
                p.SetVpcid(vpcid.(string))
        }

        if ipaddress, ok := d.GetOk("ip_address"); ok {
                p.SetIpaddress(ipaddress.(string))
        }

        if zone, ok := d.GetOk("zone"); ok {

No changes needed in resourceCloudStackIPAddressRead — line 168 already
reads back the allocated address:

        d.Set("ip_address", ip.Ipaddress)

No changes needed in resourceCloudStackIPAddressDelete.

[niklas-letz]

+1 on this. We're running into the same limitation. Being able to request a specific IP address would be really valuable for us, and we'd love to see it prioritized for an upcoming release.